#CAC853#CAC853

#CAC853 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.139 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC853
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 58.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -14.20, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 59.01, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.0433 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.139 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5741, 54.4910, 16.2464)
Luminance	0.5449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC853 #5355CA

analogous

#CA8C53 #CAC853 #90CA53

triadic

#CAC853 #53CAC8 #C853CA

tetradic

#CAC853 #53CA8C #5355CA #CA5390

square

#CAC853 #53CA8C #5355CA #CA5390

split-complementary

#CAC853 #5390CA #8C53CA

monochromatic

#7C7B26 #ABA935 #CAC853 #D8D782 #E7E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CAC853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#CAC853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC853

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC853	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.139 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd888',
    500: '#cac853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac853;
$custom-light: #ddd888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.992,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81188,
    "c": 0.13851,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC853

secondary

#3D3E84

accent

#4EDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC853

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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